In a bid to compete against Sony Corp.'s Memory Stick, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will introduce a product in June featuring a small flash memory card named the SD Memory Card, Matsushita announced Tuesday.

Matsushita plans to launch a series of products compatible with the SD Memory Card in the future, ranging from computers to cellular phones and home electronics appliances.

As its first SD Memory Card-based product, Matsushita will launch the SV-SD70 compact audio player onto the Japanese market on June 30.